"boldness" meaning in English

See boldness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈboʊldnəs/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊldnəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: boldnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English boldnesse, equivalent to bold + -ness. Cognate with Scots baldness, bauldness (“boldness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|boldnesse}} Middle English boldnesse, {{af|en|bold|-ness}} bold + -ness, {{cog|sco|baldness}} Scots baldness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} boldness (usually uncountable, plural boldnesses)
  1. The state of being bold; courage. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (courage): maltimo (Esperanto), audace [feminine] (French), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (balþei) [feminine] (Gothic), κουράγιο (kourágio) [neuter] (Greek), merészség (Hungarian), audentia [feminine] (Latin), audācia [feminine] (Latin), valentia [feminine] (Portuguese), tapachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), osadía (Spanish), demasía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-kK-0z3GB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 44 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 47 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 49 40 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 38 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 52 44 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 46 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 51 42 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 42 6 Disambiguation of 'courage': 97 1 2
  2. presumptuousness Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-TL9RCrqQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 50 43 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 44 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 43 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 44 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 51 43 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 47 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 49 40 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 52 44 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 48 46 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 51 42 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 52 42 6
  3. (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Typography Translations (relative weight of a font): vonalvastagság (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-boldness-en-noun-oFFBo5O0 Categories (other): Terms with Gothic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 49 40 12 Topics: media, publishing, typography Disambiguation of 'relative weight of a font': 2 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: overboldness

Inflected forms

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